oe By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D, _ DEAR DR. LAMB — [have just heard something that has . upset me. 1 take iron medicine in liquid form called Feosel Elixir, On the boltle it says take a teaspoon three times a day. | took it that way at first, but 1 became so red I cut down toa teaspaon once a.day, and 1 feel sa good and people say 1 look robust and healthy. | have just heard that if ane takes too much iron one.can get cirrhosis of the liver: Is that-so? I have always thought drinking caused that. ‘Pm'so upset-[ feel like can- celling all the iron medicine, but I don't want to sink back into anemia. Thad a stomach operation and have been told whal's left doesn't take enough iron from the food | eal. Please Jet ma know what I should do. of . DEAR READER = It: is true that you can take too much iron. Ordinarily. the. small intestine: will regulate the amount of iron absorbed, and it will also eliminate some iron. ‘The balance stays in the body. Ordinarily there is no problem: of taking too much Iron, but you can over- . whelm: your digestive system with iron medicine: This. is why-you should not take iron - except on the advice of your “physician, It is usually. ali right for women to take. the amount they-get in standard daily vitamin tablets, partic- ularly. during the childbear-. ing years, In these cases they need the iran to make up for - bload loss. A few other people ‘need increased. amounts of iron, such as those with trou: ble absorbing food fram the ‘digestive tract. a : ~~ You may have less -acid digestive juice since your _ Stomach operalion, and you Lamb's 2m ron overdose: ©. = “a iS possible .~ may need additional iron to prevent anemia. And, de- pending upon your problem, fou may also need vitamin 12 shots. The stomach nor: -maily manufactures.a subs- tance called intrinsic factor that you need to be able to ab- sorb vitamin B-12. Without it you must take shots or you will develop a form of per- nicious anemia. ; I doubt that one teaspoon a day of Feosol Elixer will ‘affect you in any way, but you need a blood test, and itis im: portant Lo know the status of your stomach function. It is true that if you already have liver damage, or in certain forms of anemia, that excess iron can cause liver damage. It is not true that you have to be aheavy drinker lo develop cirrhosis of the liver. Many non-drinkers develop this prablem from old- hepatitis and for other reasons. DEAR DR. LAMB — Is it true that eating loo many “eggs'can make you blind? | know that too much ‘cholesterol is not good, bul coming from Germany naturally [ use a lot of eggs in everything I can. DEAR READER — 1 don't ‘think there is a. word of truth -in that statement. To the ex- tent that a high. cholesterol diet is related to fatty-- cholesterol deposits in the ar- teries; it could contribute to _ Changes in the arteries in the back of the eye. Otherwise -you can ‘forget about, that scare statement. ~, Send your questions to Dr. Lamb, in care of this news| er, P.O. Box 1551, Radio Ci 10019. For ‘a copy. of Dr. ‘booklet o cholesterol, send 50 cents to ‘the same address and ask for .the “Cholesterol” booklet. Conciliators will confuse issue... ‘The B.C... Teachers’ :. Federalion has charged that the : Minister of Education’s action in appointing 17 conciliators to resolve the breakdown: in teachers’ “salary : negotiations - confusesithe issue -rather- than © -,, clarlfies it. “es sides ‘in (he dispute. Jim. .MacFarlan, BCTF President, sald today that Mrs. Dailly and her Deputy, Minister, Jack Fleming; had told him that the condiliators’ have - been “assigned lo regions, but that ‘they have been instructed to contact. each basis," MacFarlan said. “He added. that’ the’ Public . Schools Act requires any :form of zonal or regional bargaining lo ba done voluntarily, and that any commitments to be part of a zone must be made before the _ pegotiation-conciliation- arbitration process begins. teachers’ . “JVg-all part of-2- proviticial -wide . program’ under - the _ausplees of the B.C. and Yukon . Division of the Canadian Cancer | Society. The -program has spread [rom the southern parts thern reglons. . As well as the informative function of the group, the in- dividuals involved will be of- fering their time and effert to wrap Wild Game r had masec- of this province into the nor-. helping individuals through a difficult and meaningful lime. line..of Society willl use as part of their program for masectomy patients in the local hospital. Mr. Smith is on. Mr. Clift on left. details see story. ‘supplements. Also custom hay hauling: ~ ~YELLOWHEAD HAY @ GRAIN: SEE US AT 747 CLARKE RD.. 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But, a3 Joan Flatden, Notrition Consultant to lhe Bakery Foods Foundation of Canada says, play i safe, and chaose your daily diet from foods which enjoy-nutritional bal. ance as well as calories, Select acanomical foods like enriched whila or whole grain bread and cereale fo. supplemont other more expensive sources of protains, minerals and vitamins. ° ae Actually, food is. fuel for your. body.Tha amount: of. energy: : supplied by that fuel — whethar It's milk or bread or meat — is “ measured in terms, of calories.: Your body is like’your car. To”: determine how much fual ar how. many calories It needs to. . keep it “on tha go” you must consider-your age, your size and ae how hard you work physically, Too. many, calorias, like too.” much fuel in your car, ‘will.go to waste —usually'on your - . waist! Fats give about twice as many calories as do'sugara and... slarches (carbohydrates) or proteins, Thus foads which: are. . high in fat have a high calorie counl. Some foods, soma frults | and vegatables especially, because they conlaln a large amount: : - of cellulese and water, ara very. low in calprles,: Most of: our... common, basic foods like bread, cereals, meal, eggs, milk and =~ cheese, have what nutritionists ‘call “in-between calorie o values. ; 2 : or Although energy, and calories,. ara essential. for >-we play, they ara somatimes over-emphasized. In fact, the calorie’... can be an indirect enemy to healthful-aating if. is allowed: -"” ta play the major: role inthe gaily eating garia. Many folks: oe forgat that healthful living can-only come from eating a sulci". lionally balanced diet. Thus.-foads must be chosen for the ; proteins, minerals and vitamins. they contain, as wallas they. caloria-producing fats and ‘carbohydrates, ae ane For further “=~, + SRE TEN THE. | NORTHLAND | TRANSPORTER | , 955' deckhouse barge... _ »." 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